ArticleFatigue : biomedicine, health & behavior2017
Clinical Criteria Versus a Possible Research Case Definition in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.
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- Clinical Profile and Aspects of Differential Diagnosis in Patients with ME/CFS from Latvia.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- A Comparison of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis from the United States and Japan.Journal of preventive medicine & healthcare · 2021Article
- Approaching recovery from myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome: Challenges to consider in research and practice.Journal of health psychology · 2019Article
- Impact of Polypharmacy on Candidate Biomarker miRNomes for the Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Striking Back on Treatments.Pharmaceutics · 2019Article
- A Brief Questionnaire to Assess Post-Exertional Malaise.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Operationalizing Substantial Reduction in Functioning Among Young Adults with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2018Article
- The Development of the DePaul Symptom Questionnaire: Original, Expanded, Brief, and Pediatric Versions.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2018Article
- Systemic exertion intolerance disease diagnostic criteria applied on an adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome cohort: evaluation of subgroup differences and prognostic utility.BMJ paediatrics open · 2018Article
- Identification of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-associated DNA methylation patterns.PloS one · 2018Article
- Examining those Meeting IOM Criteria Versus IOM Plus Fibromyalgia.Neurology (E-Cronicon) · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently developed clinical criteria for what had been known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Given the broad nature of the clinical IOM criteria, there is a need for a research definition that would select a more homogenous and impaired group of patients than the IOM clinical criteria. At the present time, it is unclear what will serve as the research definition. PURPOSE: The current study focused on a research definition which selected homebound individuals who met the four IOM criteria, excluding medical and psychiatric co-morbidities.
methodsOur research criteria were compared to those participants meeting the IOM criteria. Those not meeting either of these criteria sets were placed in a separate group defined by 6 or more months of fatigue. Data analyzed were from the DePaul Symptom Questionnaire and the SF-36. Due to unequal sample sizes and variances, Welch's
resultsUsing a large database of over 1,000 patients from several countries, we found that those meeting a more restrictive research definition were even more impaired and more symptomatic than those meeting criteria for the other two groups.
conclusionDeciding on a particular research case definition would allow researchers to select more comparable patient samples across settings, and this would represent one of the most significant methodologic advances for this field of study.
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